Plunging Market Sparks
Scramble for Safe Havens

With the stock market plunging, stashing money under the mattress is starting to look like a pretty good plan.

But a surprising array of investments are currently yielding between 5% and nearly 10% a year, and some experts believe those above-average yields are likely to cushion portfolios even if the bear market persists. The investments range from Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, which, as the name implies, carry a built-in hedge against inflation, to real-estate investment trusts, which offer a way to...